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January 31, 2023

The GC-DWC receives $600,000 award to create WCD training center in India

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received a $600,000 award from Porticus, a global philanthropic organization, to create a whole child development (WCD) training center in India. The GC-DWC will serve as the anchor organization for...

What could we do?

Imagine Tomorrow Today: What could we do?

In the inaugural conversation of our new education, forward-focused series, Imagine Tomorrow Today, Neil Boothby, Fr. Lou DelFra, and Danta Bien-Aimé explore the compatibility of faith and science in activating the Church to invest in child development and learning: Thinking globally and acting...

Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child - Haiti

February 17, 2022

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child receives $3.4 million to support resilient education in Haiti

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received three grant awards totalling $3.4 million to fund resilient education programming in Haiti. These awards — from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the LEGO Foundation and USAID — build on Notre...

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September 28, 2023

Panel Discussion Explores the Synergies Between Science and Faith, and Notre Dame’s Unique Position to Lead Global Change

September 27, 2023— Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, and Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, the director of pastoral life for the Alliance of Catholic Education (ACE), recently hosted a panel discussion alongside Dr. Carrie Quinn, the executive...

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August 29, 2023

New book explores link between science and faith to champion change for the world’s most vulnerable children

Imagine a conversation between a psychologist and priest that investigates how science and faith can converge in ways that help some of the world’s most vulnerable children. Neil Boothby and Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., have that conversation in their new book, Invest in Our Youth . Boothby, the founding...

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January 13, 2023

Director Neil Boothby outlines education challenges in 2023

As we look ahead to 2023, the Institute for Educational Initiatives asked center directors what they feel are the most pressing issues facing education. Neil Boothby, Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, discussed out-of-school children as a major obstacle facing...

Eradication of Poverty

October 18, 2021

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Addressing global poverty is no small task. Just a quick look at the numbers can be quite daunting: according to the United Nations in 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line (U.S. $1.90 a day). Globally, in 2018, nearly 8% of workers and their families lived on less than...

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The GC-DWC launches its Social Enterprise Initiative

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) has launched its newest initiative aimed at fostering locally-led, sustainable development projects. The GC-DWC’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) integrates market forces, sound business principles, and...

NOTRE DAME

Notre Dame tops $222 million in research awards, breaking previous records

The University of Notre Dame received $222.7 million in research award funding for fiscal year 2021. This is more than $42 million over the previous record and the first time the University has surpassed the $200 million mark. “In the face of a most difficult year, Notre Dame’s faculty and staff...

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ACE Haiti joins the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child

The Institute for Educational Initiatives ’ ACE Haiti program, a project dedicated to improving the lives of Haitian children, families, and communities through cutting-edge research and implementation of early childhood, literacy, and community development interventions, has joined the Institute’s...

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